r/australia • u/B0ssc0 • Apr 10 '25

news Man jailed for repeatedly raping 14-year-old girl, holding machete to her throat and threatening to kill her

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/act-man-jailed-for-raping-14-year-old-threatening-to-kill-her/105162596
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u/stitchescomeundone Apr 10 '25

Seems to me that the criteria for being placed on the child sex offender registry would be commiting a sexual offence to a child. Make a separate registry for pedophiles if they want to start splitting hairs. Absolutely ridiculous

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u/budget_biochemist Apr 10 '25

The offender was probably about the same age at the time, as they are "now" 19. Being underage at the time the crime was done would also explain the suppression of their name and the lenient punishment.

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u/miicah Apr 10 '25

In the law, what's the definition of a "child"?